A former U.S. Department of State employee has pleaded guilty to engaging in illicit sexual conduct with minors in the Philippines.
Dean Edward Cheves, 63, was serving at the U.S. Embassy in the Philippines from 2017 to 2021. He met multiple minors over the internet and communicated online with a then 15- to 16-year-old Philippine minor, who he paid to produce and send sexually explicit images of the minor.
Cheves also engaged in sex acts on two separate occasions with a second 16-year-old Philippine minor who he met online, using his government-issued cell phone to film the sex acts on at least one occasion.
The child sex abuse material Cheves produced and received of these minors was found on devices seized from Cheves’s embassy residence in the Philippines.
Cheves pleaded guilty to two counts of engaging in illicit sexual conduct in a foreign place. He faces a maximum penalty of up to 30 years in prison on each count.
A federal district court judge will determine the sentence after taking into account the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.
Cheves is scheduled to be sentenced on January 20, 2023.
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Key Facts
- State: Virginia
- Category: Sex Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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